Farming in the Magical World

Second-floor study!

At this moment, Lanny sat in a high-backed chair, while the butler Frank stood upright beside him, calmly watching Lanny and waiting for the young master's instructions.

After breakfast, Lanny summoned the butler, wanting to learn more about the castle!

How much output, how many people, how much income, and so on...

To put it simply, they want to know how much money the castle currently has.

Frank handled all of these matters; I had only heard him mention them sporadically before.

Frank said he didn't want to disturb the young master's recovery, so he didn't say much at the time, and Lanny didn't ask any further questions.

Now even breakfast consists of thin porridge with a single egg, which makes Lanny feel that this matter can't be delayed any longer.

He didn't know the level of the other nobles, but based on this level, they were probably not even as good as the corporate slaves in another world.

You know, even when I was at my lowest point, I still had plenty of fried dough sticks, steamed buns, and kimchi.

"Frank, my injuries are almost fully healed. Can you tell me more about them now?"

"What exactly is going on? Is our Wells family so poor that we can't even afford to eat preserved eggs?" Looking at the butler's wrinkled face and calloused hands, Lanny really couldn't bring himself to say anything too harsh.

It's called a family, but when he thinks about how this so-called Wells family is currently only really owned by himself and Tiffany, he gets a sense of absurdity.

Is this what a "family" is, with two people, each occupying one character?

It's really thriving, haha... haha...

"I'm very sorry, young master, Frank is indeed not very good at making money."

Frank was somewhat alarmed by Lanny's accusatory remarks. He first bowed and apologized before slowly explaining the castle's financial situation.

"The family's situation is indeed not good!" Frank's opening remarks were filled with bad news.

According to him, the family currently has less than 10 gold coins in total. If expenses such as horse maintenance, staff salaries, and castle maintenance are included, it can probably last for about two months.

Naturally, everyone's food may not be as plentiful, and this has even affected the castle's owner.

Although Lanny felt the food was already quite simple, Frank said it might get even harder later.

"Huh? Is it that serious?"

Although he had some idea of ​​what was going on, Lanny still hadn't expected things to get this difficult. Had they already started cutting back on food and clothing?

The thought of how awful that green tea tasted, and how he would have to keep eating it, made him click his tongue.

Unexpectedly, Frank didn't finish speaking; the situation was far more serious than Lanny had imagined.

After finishing discussing the breakfast issue, he paused, then began to calmly recount the next debt.

"Furthermore, we haven't yet paid the compensation to the knights who died in the Battle of Dragonfall Ridge!"

Of the knights who went to war with August, 17 have died.

According to the custom of the nobles in the kingdom, for each knight who died, the nobles would compensate the knight's family with about 10 gold coins, which would add up to about 170 gold coins!

"What?" Lanny was also startled when he heard this. He had never expected that there was such a debt.

If converted to the past, how much currency in another world would that be equivalent to?

He didn't have a deep understanding of the world's currencies yet and needed to do some conversions to get a more intuitive feel for them.

He remembered that the butler's monthly salary was about 50 silver coins. If we calculate it according to the monthly salary of a white-collar worker in another world of 5,000... that would be 1.7 million?

Frank is a good or bad guy, I guess he's a white-collar worker?

Although the amount of silver coins wasn't much, the company provided food and lodging, so all of that money was net profit. Considering the extremely high grain prices in this world, he was earning a high salary of over ten thousand yuan a month.

Lanny's mind began to race with calculations.

Frank didn't give him much time to react; after a brief pause, he brought up even more surprising news.

"Before the expedition, the family still owed the knights six months' wages. At the time, the master promised to pay them upon their return. We didn't bother you because you were recovering from your injuries."

"I suppose we'll need this money soon."

"There's more? How much exactly?" Lanny nearly jumped up in fright when he heard "there's more!"

I only knew that August had a lot of knights, but I didn't know that he was even in arrears with their monthly salaries.

“25 knights, about 150 gold,” Frank replied in a low voice.

Upon hearing that the Knights still owed him so much in monthly salary, Lanny felt his blood pressure begin to rise.

Seeing the butler's cautious demeanor, he had a feeling that things might not be over yet, and that there was still bad news waiting for him.

Even if you don't want to listen, you might think that since things have already come to this, no matter how bad it is, you should at least know the situation so you can deal with it. It's much better than keeping quiet and having someone come knocking on your door, right?

Thinking of this, he looked up at Frank and waved his hand weakly, "Anything else?"

As expected, the old butler did not disappoint him and immediately delivered a fatal blow.

Frank probably felt that what he was about to say was a bit exaggerated, so he kept observing Lanny's expression before speaking, and he spoke hesitantly.

"In addition, the master borrowed some money from Count Enno, who is your father-in-law, to equip the knights."

"As you know, equipping knights is very expensive. A decent set of armor starts at tens of gold, so... so..."

Seeing Frank rambling on and on, Lenny's mood worsened, and he impatiently urged, "Just tell me how much you borrowed!"

"Borrowed... 500 gold coins"

Hiss...

Even though he was mentally prepared, he still felt dizzy when he heard about such a large debt!

If we still use Frank as the conversion unit, based on the currently known debt of 880 gold, this is almost ten million from another world.

Ten million...

He came here and did nothing, yet he's already burdened with huge debts.

In another world, he had never even dreamed of having so much money, let alone being in debt.

I wonder if it's too late to make preparations and run away now?

Of course, running away is a joke.

After all, besides being a minor nobleman from the countryside, he was also a time traveler. If he made good use of the knowledge in his mind, it shouldn't be difficult for him to make some money in this backward era!

Sigh, thinking of that "old man" he'd never met, he couldn't help but admire him; he really knew how to cause trouble.

Nobles represent power, knights represent force, and he actually owed money to both of them—that's just unbelievable.

It takes some skill for a baron with fiefdoms and subjects to accumulate such a huge debt.

The knights are still owed their monthly wages, and he actually dares to take them out to war? Isn't he afraid that the knights will stab him in the back?

He had no money at home, yet he still took out loans to support a large caravan of knights. Was he bold or foolish?